Monday, June 18, 2012

The
National Collaborative on Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) is excited to
announce the release of two demonstration videos on NCCOR's online tools: the
Catalogue of Surveillance Systems and the Measures Registry. The animated videos
describe the purpose and functions of these tools and demonstrate how to
navigate the Catalogue and Registry to search for relevant measures, data
resources, or surveillance systems. Check out the videos at: http://nccor.org/resources/nccor/videos.php.

Designed
to help researchers more easily investigate childhood obesity in America, the Catalogue provides one-stop
access for users to review, sort, and compare more than 85 surveillance systems
relevant to childhood obesity research and the evaluation of policy and
environmental interventions. The Registry is a portfolio of
more than 800 measures related to diet and physical activity. The tool allows
researchers to more efficiently find and select measures that are critical to
accelerating obesity prevention research.

We
invite you to share these resources with your colleagues and others who might be
interested in childhood obesity research. Please also consider posting these
videos on your organization's website, Facebook page, or Twitter
feed. Directions for embedding the videos can be found here: http://nccor.org/resources/nccor/videos.php.

NCCOR
is a collaboration among the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),
National Institutes of Health (NIH), Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF), and
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to accelerate progress on reversing the
epidemic of childhood obesity in the United States. Through the collective
efforts of these organizations, NCCOR aims to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of research on childhood obesity.

Please visit www.nccor.org for
more information about the videos, a full list of NCCOR projects, upcoming
events, and childhood obesity research
highlights.

Under the general supervision of the Health Promotion Director;
plans, implements and evaluates health promotion programs in the River Health
District. Facilitate 5th grade boys maturation program and parent
meetings.

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Title: Health Promotion Specialist - Brigham City

Grade: 17 Step:1 Wage: $15.18/hr @ .80 FTE

Description: Part-Time
(32 hours a week) Closing
Date: 7/25/2012

Summary of Duties:

Under the general supervision of the Health Promotion Director;
plans, implements and evaluates health promotion programs in the Box Elder County
area.

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For more information or to apply for either job: Job
applications available at the Bear River Health Dept. 655 East 1300 North
Logan, Utah or at www.brhd.org under
“Employment”.

Return completed application along with a resume and
transcripts to Sylvia at the Bear River Health Department. Closing date 7/25/2012.

In May, 2012, the President's Task Force on
Environmental Health Risks and Safety Risks to Children released the
Coordinated Federal Action Plan to Reduce Racial and Ethnic Asthma Disparities,
which is an outcome of the collaborative interagency Asthma Disparities Working
Group, co-chaired by HHS, EPA and HUD.

Did You
Know?

Poor and minority children are more likely
to have asthma and their health outcomes are worse. Black children are twice as
likely to be hospitalized and four times as likely to die from asthma as white
children. In addition, asthma is linked to school performance. Annually, 10.5
million school days are missed due to asthma.